Wii Me!
My son Noah is getting to the age when he will begin playing video games. So in the interests of male bonding I took him down to the local Best Buy to pick up the new Nintendo Wii . . .
Smart Cars
Soon there will be three smart cars for sale in America: The Pure, The Passion and The Cabriolet –– a French term meaning beat the crap out of Volkswagen. . . .
Bullshit at Dawn
Hearing the results of the Cubs game from Jay Mariotti on your cellphone is like programming Smash Mouth as your ringtone or putting "Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here" on your welcome mat . . . .
You Boob!
The most popular video on YouTube this Christmas was a short film of an Oregon high school student jumping off a balcony into his school’s Christmas tree. . . .
My Second Life
I've always considered myself a gamer . . . but Second Life is just another way to waste time and money. . .
Those Thrilling Days of . . . Radio
I had a six transistor when I was a kid
Under my pillow I kept it hid –
And when the lights went out and no one could see
Over the airwaves the world came to me.. . .
Gadgets! (Can't Get Enough of 'Em)
“Lo!” said Henry David Thoreau, "Men have become the tools of their tools." And thinking about technology, I realize this is true of women, too. . . .
Where The Bodies Are Buried
It has been almost two years since The Sopranos darkened our TV sets so in preparation for a new season of shows beginning March 12 HBO has turned to the internet – in a big way. . .
Life Without The Internet
On the more mundane level of my personal life, I had a new appreciation of all the things I’d come to rely on the internet for. I couldn’t Google anything. I couldn’t read Slate or Salon or The Note or watch the videos on Rocketboom. I could not even (gasp!) see the readership stats for The Week Behind. . . .
My Life in Havic
The important thing to remember about video gaming is that it's not all just mindless killing . . .
Why I Love Sound
Bryen Hensley will go to the ends of the earth to find a good sound. Or at least central Illinois . . .
Midnight at The Gamestop
For the past two years, the gaming world has been watching for the release of Microsoft’s Halo2 like a farmer watches the sky during a drought . . .
A Telemarketer's Lament
As one of the many people America loves to hate, I look at the do-not-call list with mixed feelings. Telemarketing is, after all, my job . . .
The Apple Never Falls Far From The Tree
All it took was a new cell phone, and a son in Singapore, to re-learn an old lesson: an apple never falls far from the tree. . . .
When Hard Drives Go Soft
The end of my world, as I knew it, began with a question mark. Mr. Curious was my computer. My computer was flashing a question mark at me.. . .
Inventing The Weather
Hurricanes set to music. Who would come up with an idea like that? Now that you ask. . .
The Wide World of Small
Cellphones, PDA's, Video Recorders, Pocket TV. It's a whole new world out there. There's nothing like the small screen experience.
CELL-O-FAME
Welcome to the first interactive reality game on the internet -- designed for owners of cellphones or PDA's with camera capabilities. Post a picture or View previous pictures.